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Please keep this in mind whenever someone calls for more power for the Government. Beware arguments of the form "I can't believe the Government hasn't banned (b

by ufmace 8y ago

Please keep this in mind whenever someone calls for more power for the Government. Beware arguments of the form "I can't believe the Government hasn't banned (bad thing x) yet!". There's a kind of reinforcing loop, where the more power the government gets, the more it attracts those who abuse that power, who are the most effective at coming up with reasons to make their organization more powerful and unaccountable. However good the intentions sound at each step, it ends in tyranny all too often.

ben509 8y ago
> Beware arguments of the form "I can't believe the Government hasn't banned..." Also be wary of people claiming, "don't worry, no prosecutor would read the law that way." If it's part of the law, it's a matter of time before a prosecutor will use it. And if it's so unreasonable that no prosecutor should read it that way, the law should say exactly that in black and white.